09/27/18 Libra 2 with ten Brazilian modules With the imminent end of the construction of the P-76, Techint is running out of time to seek new offshore construction contracts. In an interview with BE Petróleo, the company's commercial director, Luís Guilherme de Sá, says that the next feasible opportunity to bring works to Brazil is... Continue Reading →

09/27/18 Açu Petróleo negotiates VLCC charter to store 2 million b / d in São João da Barra, Rio de Janeiro.   Brazil will get its first private oil tanking terminal in the first quarter of 2019. It will be located at the Açu Petróleo terminal in Açu Port, in São João da Barra (RJ),... Continue Reading →

September 27, 2018 Total expects to more than triple its production of oil and gas in Brazil in the next four years. The company's new president, Arnaud Breuillac, announced that the company's goal is to reach a production of 100,000 barrels per day of oil equivalent (BOE / day) in the country in 2022. Currently,... Continue Reading →

  September 27, 2018 Karoon began the environmental licensing of its shallow water production project in the Santos Basin. The company filed an application with IBAMA for the project to produce oil in the Neon and Goiá fields, 240 km off the coast of the state of São Paulo, areas from the exploratory blocks SM-1037... Continue Reading →

  Sep, 2018 The Dutch company SBM Offshore is also keeping a close eye on the energy transition that the world is going through. The company presented some of its plans for renewable energy and also for the natural gas market, considered by many as a transition fuel for a cleaner matrix. SBM Offshore's business... Continue Reading →

The former director general of the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) and FGV Energia consultant, Magda Chambriard, said  she did not see any risk of legal or regulatory uncertainty in the oil and natural gas sector, regardless of who wins the election for the Presidency of the Republic in October. "This is... Continue Reading →

9/26/18 The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) will notify Petrobras this week to return or auction off oil fields onshore and offshore because it is not investing enough in the development of these fields. According to a source in the sector, there are more than 100 blocks, a list that includes fields onshore and shallow water... Continue Reading →

9/26/18 According to the ANP, age represents a considerable criterion for decommissioning   About 40% of the 158 offshore production platforms in Brazil are over 25 years old - a considerable criterion for decommissioning, according to the ANP. The numbers were presented by the agency's Superintendent of Operational Safety, Marcelo Mafra, during Rio Oil and... Continue Reading →

9/26/18 Petrobras' executive marketing manager Guilherme França said that the state company sees great opportunities with the implementation of new rules for bunker fuel from 2020 onwards. According to him, the Brazilian oil and the Petrobras refineries will gain with the change, which reduces the level of sulfur in the fuel. The rules have been... Continue Reading →

9/26/18 ANP prepares public consultation on application of the concept of reserve based lending in the country   The ANP is preparing a second public consultation on the application in Brazil of the concept of reserve based lending (RBL), a mechanism by which oil companies can finance their projects by giving their reserves or concession... Continue Reading →